John 5:31-47
Being a Witness About Jesus
“If I am a witness about myself, what I say is not true. There is someone else who is a witness in my favor. And I know that what he says about me is true.
“You have sent people to John the Baptist. He has been a witness to the truth. I do not accept what a person says. I only talk about what John says so that you can be saved. John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.
“What I say about myself is more important than what John says about me. I am doing the works the Father gave me to finish. These works are a witness that the Father has sent me. The Father who sent me is himself a witness about me. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he really looks like. And his word does not live in you. That’s because you do not believe the one he sent. You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study are a witness about me. But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
“I do not accept praise from human beings. But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts. I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
“Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on. Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me. But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?”
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